Golf bag



H. M. PIERCE GOLF BAG FILED SEPT. 22. 1920 V narrar ortica.

EGARD MADISON' PIERCE, 0F IBROOUJYN, YOTRK, ASSEGNUR 'E0 A.. G. SPIN@ t BRGS., 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., CURPUMTION @IF NEW JEY.

GOLF BAG.

appncmon mea septemiier aa, 1920. semi ne. mime.

To all whom 'it may concern:

1 Be it known that l, HOWARD M. PIERCE, a citizen of the United States, residin in the borough of Brooklyn of the city of ew York, in the State o f New York, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf Bags, of which the following isl a specification, reference being had to the accompanying .drawing, forming a part hereof. A

This invention lrelates to an improved golf bag designed particularly for use by a golfer who plays without the services of a caddy. A'player without a caddy drops his bag on the ground at full length'while inaking a stroke and after completin the stroke must return to the bag and pick 1t up before proceeding. This is not only tedious but often results in the taking of a few steps before the bag is remembered and invariably necessitates taking the eye from 4the point where the ball is marked at rest. Further, in dropping the bag on the ground in this manner, the bag becomes damaged and the club shafts often have injurious strains im-v posed upontheni sufficient to give them a slight set. Ba vof the usual type are formed with sti ening stays sewed in pockets and extending lengthwise of the body of the bag while usually some sort of a stid base or reinforced section is provided at. the

' bottom to support the clubs and support the bag. In accordance with the present invention it is proposed to provide a bag which shall be substantially in all respects similar to the common type of reinforced bag, but

which shall have incorporated therein means for'holdin it upright when rested on the ground. '-"l ith the bag thus held in upri ht position a player can golf without a ca dy with convenience, the act of resting the bag on the groundr serving to secureA it in vertical position. With the bag in vertical position its handle can be grasped readily after the vstroke is completed, the eye can bekept on the ball after it comes to rest and neither the bag nor the clubs will be subjected to the wear and strains imposed by throwing them carelessly on the ground. The improvements are realized 1n the illustrated embodiment by extending the stiiening stays of the ba thereof and prefera ly ,forming them at their lower'endsas prongs which will readily enter the groundwhen the bag is set on' tion being usually' of some end of the bag their length to the wall thereof. ln the pre- .ferred 'embodiment of the present invention tl'iroughy ,the bottom end. These prongs are of such numberl and relationship as to hold the ba vertically and yet permit it to be raise from the ground without undue edort. Further, the stays with the prongs are preferably of -less llength than-the over-all length-of the-bag,'

so that when the latter is rested on a hard surface the usual base of the bag will be in contact therewith. l

A further general object of the invention is to provide a bag of the character described which shall-be simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture, the changes from the present day type of bag being of such simplecharacter as to permit them to be readily incorporated therein.

The invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated one suitable embodiment of the invention. ln the drawing?- igure 1 is a view in elevation of ar bag A provided with the improved prongs.

Figure '2 isa fragmentary sectional View on a som'ewhat larger scale taken through the lower end `of the bag shown in Figure l and on the plane indicated b the line 2 2 of Figure 3 and looking in t e direction of the arrows. y

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of thearrows. v

, The inventionis not concerned with the character of the body a of the bag, this body being made as 4usual,- of any suitable materials and dimensions and usually formed at the lower end with a base section a of extra plies of-material this base secdegree of stiness, so as to aiord suitable support for the bag when placed on the unyielding surface. The body ofthe bag is reinforced longitudiretain n place in any suitable way,

as by stifened pocket strips b. llt is th e usual lltill) practise to lend the stays b from end to and secure themy throughout it is proposed to have these stays b perform a dual function by extending them through the bottom wall a2 of the bag and forming their ends as prongs b2 which may! enter the earth.V ln attaining this object, and as 4 what above the base a of the bag and the Stays b will extend Vthrough openings a3 formed in the folds in which said stays rest, these openings a being also placed at some little distance above the base a', The

' result of this construction is that the section of the bag between the hase ad and the lholes a is liexlble and is not reinforced, so that the material shown at a" can move readily into folds as the prongs b2 enter the ground,

the base a.' of the bag resting meanwhile on the surface of the turf. It is not understood from the foregoing description, however, that the invention is limited to the precise method'of incorporating the stays b in the wall of the bag a nor to the precise f relationship ,existing between the strips b', the holes a3 and the base a', since it is evident that other constructions, many of which are already in use, can be employed for the purpose of securing the stays to the bag. Nor is it to be understood that the reinforcing stays 5 need actuallybe formed as prongs b2 for the purpose specified, since it is evident that such prongs to` serve the same function might be made separate from the stays although it is not considered that such construction would possess all the :Inan-- ufacturing' advantages attributable to the illustrated form.

In use, it will be apparent that when the bag'is supported fromits upper end the base a will extend downwardly over the lower ends of the prongs h2 and the bag in this condition can be rested on an unyieldin surface without` exposing the prongs.

enthe bag will be evident that with the base a resting on the surface thereof the prongs b2 will continue downwardly into the earth while the bagbuckles at af. The prongs are of such number and disposition as to retain the bag inits vertical position when so set7 although it is evident that when the player 'moves the bag from the ground,lthe prongs will be withdrawn from the earth without diiiiculty. The advantages of this construction when playing without a caddy have been pointed out in the preamble, but of course, the invention is not to be limited to the uses thereof.

I claim as my invention:

In a golf bag of flexible material, a set of three pointed stays fixed to the top of the bag and extending longitudinally' thereof on the outside of the wall of the bag to a point above the lower end ,where they enter through openings in the wall into the interior of the bag, said stays lying normally between the ends of the bag, stifi'ened pocket strips sewed over the staysV to inclose their exposed portions, a sti base section having openings in its bottom wall, and a collapsible section between the lowermost ends of the pocket strips and the base section to permit buckling of the bag and entrance of the pointed stays into the ground by pressing on the top of the bag.

This specification signed this 21st day of Sept., A. D.. 1920.

HOWARD MADISON PIERCE.

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